Encode user passwords with a specified storage scheme or determine whether a given clear-text value matches a provided encoded password.
List the available password storage schemes for use with the userPassword syntax:
encode-password --listSchemes
List the available password storage schemes for use with the authPassword syntax:
encode-password --listSchemes --authPasswordSyntax
Encode the password 'admin123' using the SSHA scheme:
encode-password --clearPassword admin123 --storageScheme SSHA
Determine whether the provided password encoded using an authPassword storage scheme matches the clear-text password 'admin123':
encode-password --clearPassword admin123 \
--encodedPassword 'SHA1$wnzPMUryHrQ=$Rb2fEUDeItz4cI3GN/FcZm+UQ4U=' \
--authPasswordSyntax
-V
--version
| Description | Display Directory Server version information |
-H
--help
| Description | Display general usage information |
--help-debug
| Description | Display help for using debug options |
| Advanced | Yes |
-l
--listSchemes
| Description | List available password storage schemes |
-c {clearPW}
--clearPassword {clearPW}
| Description | Clear-text password to encode or to compare against an encoded password |
| Required | No |
| Multi-Valued | No |
-f {file}
--clearPasswordFile {file}
| Description | Clear-text password file |
| Required | No |
| Multi-Valued | No |
-e {encodedPW}
--encodedPassword {encodedPW}
| Description | Encoded password to compare against the clear-text password |
| Required | No |
| Multi-Valued | No |
-E {file}
--encodedPasswordFile {file}
| Description | Encoded password file |
| Required | No |
| Multi-Valued | No |
-s {scheme}
--storageScheme {scheme}
| Description | Scheme to use for the encoded password |
| Required | No |
| Multi-Valued | No |
-a
--authPasswordSyntax
| Description | Use the authentication password syntax rather than the user password syntax |
-r
--useCompareResultCode
| Description | Use the LDAP compare result as an exit code for the password comparison |